Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1887-04-05
IN appointment made By the GoUer-
nor Of West Firginid-Brief Histo-
1:y of the 4Ppointce.
Especial dispatch to the Cincinnati Enquirer
-.--# March l. 1857

Especial dispatch to the Cincinnati Enquirer.
-.- March l. 1881
CHARLEsToS, w. VA. February 49,
In an interview today Governor
Wilson made KNOWN his appointee to
ill the VeCancy in the United States
Senate made by the failure of the
Legislature to elect Senator to sue
coed Senator Camden. whose term
expires on the Sd of March. In ac-
cordancc with public expectation,
Hon. Daniel Il. Lucas, of Charles
town, jefferson county, is the APP
pointcr.
Senator Lucas was horn at the
place where he now lives on March
16, 1886. He was educated at the
University OF Virginia. graduating on
most of the acadcmical studies. and
leaving the University in 1856. He
took an active part in the campaign
against ow-NOthingism. though
not quite twenty-Onc, and was select
ed rs the Democratic Canvasscr of
his county. lie graduated on law at
BrOckcnbrOugh's Law School, in Lex
ington. Va. in 1853. and commenced
the practice OF law at Charlcstown.
hut in 1860 he tnovcd to Richmond,
Va. when on the breathing out Of the
war, he volunteered on the staff of
General Wise, and was his Private
Secretary. being with him in his cam
paign in the Kanawha Valley. He
returned to Richmond in the fall of
1861, and practiccd law there at the
close of the war. when the removed
to CharlcstOwn. and went into part
ncrship with Thos. c. Green. Esq.
now Associate Judge of the Court of
Appeals of this State. but was not
permitted to practice law until Feb
ruary. 1867. owing to the bar Of the
lawyers test oath.
lie was unanimously rcn6minated
as clector on the Greeley ticket by
the Democratic Convention of the
Second Congressional District. He
canvasscd the whole district. making
speeches in Republican stronghoIds
where it was considered dangerous to
do so. In 1876 and 1884 he was
again appointed Elcctor and was
elected both times. In 1884 he was
elected to the Legislature. and was
reelected in 1856. In 1876 he was
appointed Regent of the West Vir-
ginia University by Governor Mat
thews, and was reappointed by Gov
ernor Jackson. In 1878 lie was
unanimously elected Professor of Law
in the State University. but declined,
hi 1SS0'he was appointed Judge of
the Third Judicial District by Cover
nor Matthews to fill the vacancy &C.
casioncd by the resignation of Judge
Hoge, but declined. The degree of
LID. was conferred on him in 1888
by the State University.
On the tariff question he stands
square!y of the Chicago platform of
the Democratic party, and strongly
advocates tile reduction of the STIR
plus revenue, but has never believed
that raw material alone should remain
unprotected. and all cost of the gov
eminent lie thrown on the producer.
His distinctive political position in
this State has been against the con
trolling power of monopoly and cor
porate wealth in controlling the polit-
ical destinies Of the State, and he has
been strenuously fighting for four
years to abolish THE system of free
passes to public officers. and ever
since 1872 has been urging the APP
pointment of a Railroad Commission
to prevent unjust discrimination and
cxhorbitant charges.